Where does “finto” come from?
finto (Italian) comes from Latin fictus, from Latin fīgere, from Proto-Indo-European dʰēygʷ-.
finto (Italian): false; fake; intended to mislead or distract;...
Definitions
- false; fake; intended to mislead or distract;...
Ancestry of “finto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | fictus | feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having... |
| 2 | Latin | fīgere | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰēygʷ- | — |
Words derived from “finto”